CNET Google Glass has arrived outside the US for the first time. The high-tech spectacles are now on sale in the UK for £1,000 — equivalent to $1,700 in the US or AU$1,800 in Australia. Google Glass is a lightweight frame similar to a pair of glasses without the lenses. Attached to one side a …
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Sarah Tew/CNET If you’re wearing Google Glass , you can name that tune in one — if you’re in the UK. Popular music recognition app Shazam was named today as one of a raft of new services for the high-tech specs, but only for British Glass-wearers. Shazam is a smartphone app that listens to the music playing wherever you are …
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Burlingham/Shutterstock Fed up of searching for bars on your phone? Soon you won’t need a signal to make calls and texts as EE and Three announce they’ll soon let you make calls over Wi-Fi. EE’s Wi-Fi calling, which the network says will give you “higher quality and a greater degree of reliability” than third party apps such as Skype, will …
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The Nokia Lumia 635 with Windows 8.1 and Cortana. Nokia You can get colourful with Windows 8.1 at a wallet-friendly price on or around 3 July with the arrival of the new 4G Nokia Lumia 635 , set to cost £145. And you might not have to wait too long to be chatting up Microsoft’s Siri rival Cortana either. Microsoft …
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Apple Apple has dropped the price of Apple TV by 20 percent in the UK and Europe in the face of competition from Google, Roku, and Sky’s Now TV. Apple’s media-streaming set-top box has had its price slashed to £79 in the UK or €99 in Europe. The price remains the same in the USA. I stream you stream Best …
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Adidas If the World Cup has you hankering after a kickabout in the park with jumpers for goalposts, but your trainers are too embarrassing to be seen in, you can get a free pair of personalised Adidas kicks with the flagship HTC One M8 or the HTC One Mini 2 from Phones 4U. From today, when you buy either phone, …
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Apple’s 5W European USB power adapter. Apple Apple has recalled adapter plugs sold with older iPhones amid concerns they might overheat. “In rare cases,” Apple warns, the 5W European USB power adapter “may overheat and pose a safety risk.” The adapter for European two-prong power sockets comes with the iPhone, and is also sold as a separate accessory. According to …
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BBC Look out YouView: Freeview is launching an Internet-connected TV service to add catch-up and online shows to your telly without being tied to your broadband provider. The connected service will be built into TVs and set-top boxes. Freeview hasn’t yet announced a name or launch date for the service, but previous rumours hint it will be called Freeview Connect. …
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The HTC One E8 replaces the M8’s brushed metal case with plastic to bring the price down. HTC A wallet-friendly plastic version of the HTC One M8 previously confirmed for China is now heading for other shores in the next few weeks. The HTC One E8 is very similar to HTC’s M8 flagship Android smartphone, only with a polycarbonate casing …
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Shutterstock/Pressmaster YouView times two: BT customers can now watch YouView in different rooms with the option of a bonus box for an extra £5 per month — that should solve a few arguments when the World Cup kicks off any day. BT’s Extra Box plugs into a telly in a different room to your main TV, so you can watch, …
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